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Phoneme Chart: English Vowel and Consonant Sounds

Showing the decimal HTML codes to make the English phonemes for teachers, students and programmers who want to show phonetic script on web pages.

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20 Vowel Phonemes24 Consonant Phonemes
/ ɪ /Vowel phoneme 01pit / p /Consonant phoneme 21pit
/ e /Vowel phoneme 02pet / b /Consonant phoneme 22bit
/ æ /Vowel phoneme 03pat / t /Consonant phoneme 23time
/ ɒ /Vowel phoneme 04pot / d /Consonant phoneme 24door
/ ʌ /Vowel phoneme 05luck / k /Consonant phoneme 25cat
/ ʊ /Vowel phoneme 06good / g /Consonant phoneme 26get
/ ə /Vowel phoneme 07ago / f /Consonant phoneme 27fan
/ i: /Vowel phoneme 08meat / v /Consonant phoneme 28van
/ ɑ: /Vowel phoneme 09car / θ /Consonant phoneme 29think
/ ɔ: /Vowel phoneme 10door / ð /Consonant phoneme 30that
/ ɜ: /Vowel phoneme 11girl / s /Consonant phoneme 31send
/ u: /Vowel phoneme 12too / z /Consonant phoneme 32zip
/ eɪ /Vowel phoneme 13day / m /Consonant phoneme 33man
/ aɪ /Vowel phoneme 14sky / n /Consonant phoneme 34nice
/ ɔɪ /Vowel phoneme 15boy / ŋ /Consonant phoneme 35ring
/ ɪə /Vowel phoneme 16beer / l /Consonant phoneme 36leg
/ eə /Vowel phoneme 17bear / r /Consonant phoneme 37rat
/ ʊə /Vowel phoneme 18tour / w /Consonant phoneme 38wet
/ əʊ /Vowel phoneme 19go / h /Consonant phoneme 39hat
/ aʊ /Vowel phoneme 20cow / j /Consonant phoneme 40yet
Vowel phoneme 21 / ʃ /Consonant phoneme 41shop
Vowel phoneme 22 / ʒ /Consonant phoneme 42leisure
Vowel phoneme 23 / ʧ /Consonant phoneme 43chop
Vowel phoneme 24 / ʤ /Consonant phoneme 44jump
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For a complete list of codes for symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet including diacritics and suprasegmentals, visit the IPA Unicode resources at UCL.